![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to the direct losses observed, the African Swine Fever Virus generates restrictions on participation in international trade. Next was epidemiological surveillance with 10.1% of occurrences, and then health monitoring of farms came at the last position with 9.1%.Īnnual losses in the pig sector are in the range of 26 billion francs CFA (Communauté Financière Africaine) per year. The majority (80.8%) of the analyses was requested as part of the investigation of one or more suspected outbreaks of ASF. The samples were analyzed by ELISA (386) or by PCR (599), or by ELISA then by PCR (206). At National Veterinary Laboratory (LANAVET) level, 602 positive cases were confirmed out of 985 biological samples (blood, sera, and organs) tested during the period 2013 to 2018, given an apparent prevalence of 61.1%. From 2010 to 2018, quantitative data, such as the number of outbreaks, deaths and culling of ASF pigs, were collected in the center, south and south-west regions of Cameroon. In pig farms located in the city of Bafoussam, west region of Cameroon, a prevalence of 23.3% was recorded, while an incidence of 0.2% has been reported in the northern zone of the country. An epidemiological survey was carried out in 2003 by the Directorate of Veterinary Services of MINEPIA (Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry) and reported a high incidence of the order of 12% which has been in clear increase in the years later, recording a prevalence of 15.3% ± 1.6% by ELISA, 22.8% ± 2.2% by nested PCR in 2012, and a prevalence of 20.5% ± 2.4% by real-time PCR in 2014. Despite the endemicity of the disease in Cameroon and the related annual losses, little epidemiological information about the disease exists. Unfortunately, for the past two decades, it has faced episodes of African Swine Fever (ASF), a fatal viral disease of swine, against which there is no treatment or vaccine. Cameroon has the largest pig population in Central Africa with an estimated herd of around 2,858,548 heads. ![]() To this end, great interest must be paid to the development of short-cycle species, such as pork, in the food self-sufficiency strategies devised by the public authorities. Ruminant production is evolving but still cannot meet the needs of the rapidly growing population. The control of ASF needs an epidemiological surveillance, a better involvement of all stakeholders, sensitization of breeders and an effective State support for producers.įaced with the current context of the high rate of urbanization and the strong demographic growth that most African countries are experiencing, the sources of animal protein have become more and more insufficient. ASF is still hovering at a risky rate over the pig sector of Cameroon. Molecular characterization revealed that only ASF genotype-I variable 19T-RSs is circulating. The 47.4% of them would not be able to recognize ASF if it occurred and, according to them, the risk of the disease introduction in farms would be 32% linked to the animal health personnel who work on farms. Of the farmers surveyed, 90% knew about the ASF and 55.3% have already experienced it. A total of 684 blood samples were collected in 209 farms for RT-PCR and ELISA analyses at the National Veterinary Laboratory (LANAVET) annex in Yaoundé. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the center, south and south-west regions of Cameroon in order to determine: the knowledge, skills and practices at risk of pig breeders the prevalence of the disease in piggeries the genome of the circulating virus. African Swine Fever (ASF) is enzootic in Cameroon. ![]()
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